Flour-sifter.



PATE H. MAKAY NTED MAY 22, 1906,.

FLOUR SIFTER.

APPLIOATIDN FILED OGT.6. 1905 I M M fefew/ /wla Inventor,

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FLouR-SIFTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ratenteol May 22, 1906.

Application filed October 6,1905. Serial No- 281.584..

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HELEN MACKAY, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Prince. Albert, district of Saskatchewan, North-West Territories, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flour-Sifters, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to iiour-sifters.

The object of my invention is to provide an ordinary form of rotary sifter with means whereby the flour may be maintained therein while the device is being carried from place to place; and my invention consists of the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as herein illustrated, described, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, I have illustrated one form of embodiment of my invention, in which drawings similar reference characters designate corresponding parts, and in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of the sifter looking from the side on which is placed the handle. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section through the sifter, and Fig. 3 is a plan view.

Referring to the drawin s, 4 designates an ordinary form of receptac e in which is disposed a sieve 5 of hemispherical shape. Disposed across the receptacle above the sieve is a shaft 6, having on its outer end a crank 7 and intermediate of its ends carrying the agitators 8, all of which construction is well known.

On the lower edge of the outer wall of the receptacle is formed or secured an ear 9, to which is pivotally secured the bottom 10, as by the pin or pivot 11. Secured to one edge of the bottom 10 is a double spring 12, which terminates in a yoke 13, having thereon an integral ring 14.

Disposed or formed lon the wall of the re- When the bottom is in the position shown in Fig. 1, the yoke 13 is adapted to engage over the projection 15 and hold the bottom tightly in position to maintain the contents of the receptacle therein. The ring 15 affords a ready means whereby the finger of the operator may be inserted and the bottom released from its closed position. Adjacent its upper end and on the exterior wall of the receptacle on the same side as the ear 9 is a second lug or projection 16, which is also adapted to receive the yoke 13 and hold the bottom close to the side of the receptacle and out of the Way of the operator. The receptacle 4 is provided with the ordinary form of handle 17 usuallyfound in devices of this character,

While I have shown in the accompanying drawings the preferred form of my invention, it will be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise form shown, for many of the details may be changed in form or position without affecting the operativeness or utility 'of my invention, and I therefore reserve the right to make all such modifications as are included within the scope of the following claim or of mechanical equivalents to the structures set forth.

I-Iaving fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with a sifter comprising a receptacle, a sieve, and a rotary agitator, a 

